Steve Ansell
- Position: Artistic Director, Theatre and Production Manager
- Areas of expertise: Theatre Directing Youth Theatre Sustainable Theatre Theatre Management and Programming Intercultural and Bilingual Theatre Practice Digital Theatre
- Email: S.Ansell@leeds.ac.uk
- Phone: +44(0)113 343 8731
- Location: G16 stage@leeds
- Website: Screaming Media Productions | Gi60 | LinkedIn | ORCID
Profile
Artistic Director, Theatre and Production Manager, stage@leeds and stage@leedsDigital
Founder of the stage@leedscompany and the stage@leeds Young Company
Artistic Director of ScreamingMediaProductions Founder of Gi60 The International One Minute Theatre Festival
Founder member of the Staging China Network.
I trained as an actor at Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts before gaining a first class degree in popular music at Bretton Hall College, University of Leeds. I am an experienced theatre director. Prior to becoming artistic director at stage@leeds I was the associate director and director of education at Harrogate Theatre. I am the artistic director of Screaming Media Productions and the founder of Gi60 (the worlds only international one minute theatre festival, which takes places annually in the UK and US.). I have directed work in the UK, the US and China, including the premiere of Dennis Kelly's 'DNA' at the National Theatre in London. I have worked extensivly in China and with Cinese theatre and opera company’s and I have an interest in intercultural and bilingual theatre. In addition to my theatrical work I am an experienced musician and songwriter and currently performing with 'The Good Earth Collective'.
I have anumber of published articles and co-authored:
- One Minute Plays – a practical guide to tiny theatre (Routledge) https://www.routledge.com/One-Minute-Plays-A-Practical-Guide-to-Tiny-Theatre/Ansell-Bonczek/p/book/9781138675063?srsltid=AfmBOoqqDGRVmq9VxoEnwnGggltCs5iQcpAc0_N-epj80YqTZO89R03A
Links
- Gi60 Internationla One Miute Theatre Festival: www.gi60.com
- Screaming Media Productions: www.screamingmedia.co.uk
- Good Earth Collective: www.goodearthcollective.co.uk
Responsibilities
- Artistic Director stage@leeds Theatre
- Youth Theatre Director,
- Sustainability Lead
Research interests
- Bilingual and intercultural Theatre practice
- Youth Theatre for digital natives
- Sustainble theatre pracctice
Qualifications
- BAhons 1st Class Popular Music Studies
Professional memberships
- British Actors Equity
Research groups and institutes
- Theatre at Leeds
- Stage at Leeds